Case and frame for pictures or other articles



F. WElL.

Feb. 17, 1931.

CASE AND FRAME FOR PICTURES OR OTHER ARTICLES Filed A ril 30, 1930 Patented Feb. 17, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT oFr cE FERDINAND WEIL, or BERLIN, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR 'ro THE FIRM or-ocns &' BoNN, or'HANAU-oN-THE-MAIN:GERMANY- a r CASE AND FRAME FOR PICTURES OR OTHER AR'rIoLEs Application filed April so, 1930, Serial No. 448,713,

My invention relates to improvements in cases and frames for pictures or other articles, and the object of the improvements 1s to provide a devlce inwhich the case is made M V '6-6 of Fig. 2 and V members separated from each other and one preventing the device is intended to 1n two sections, slidably supported on the frame and adapted to be moved thereon into position for displaying the picture or the like, stopping members being provided for case from being accidentally removed from the frame. With this object in view my invention consists in providing a frame adapted to hold a picture or anotherarticle and composed of two members in telescoping engagement with each other, and a case made in two sections adapted tobe pushed on said frame from opposite sides, springs being provided for pressing said framesections outwardly and into engagement with the side walls of the case. 7

For the purpose of explaining the invention an example embodying the same has been shown in the accompanying drawing in which the same reference characters have been'used in all the views to indicate corresponding parts. In said drawing ig. 1 is an elevation showing the case closed on the picture frame,

Fig. 2 is a similar elevation showing the case open for displaying the frame and the article carried thereby,

Fig. 3 is an elevation partly in section showing the frame,

Fig. 4: is a sectional plan view taken on the line4 4c0fFig.3, v N I Fig. 5 is a side elevation of Fig. 3,

Fig. 6 is an elevation showing one of the cases looking in the direction of the arrows Fig. 7 is an elevation showing the frame having a picture mounted" therein.

In the example shown in the figures the have a picture 1 mounted thereon,

a frame comprising two members, one of the said members comprlslng a longltudlnal bar or rail 0 and tubular fixedjthe said cleats springs f are locatedand the case sections a and Z) The device is used as follows:

'show'n'in Fig.- "7. 'The' picture' combined with rods (5' telescopingly engaging the tubular 7 members 6. j arepressed together against the action of the sprlngs -tions aand b to be placed and it comprises a case or capsule made in twosectionsja andb and c the rounded endxwalls rails c and c *ment' with; the recesses it. 'Now the case members '6 fixed to' the ends of the bar or railc, and the other'memnd in Germany May 15, 1929.

her comprising a longitudinal bar'or rail and two rods (Z fixed to theends thereof, the t1-1bular=1nembers e and rods being adapted for telescoping engagement with each other, asis shown in Fig; 3. To the said members and c U-sha'ped'cleats z and z? are'secu'red, and to thetubularmembers, cleats vi -are being formed at their inner sides with groo es adapted to have the picture 1 mounted therein. The said grooves areillustiia'lted in-Fig. 4:; 1 Y NVith'inthe tubular members a coiled which when assembling theframe member act on the rods d tending to push the upper frame member upwardly and away from the lower frame member. The longitudmal bars or rails 0,0 are rounded attheir outer sides corresponding to therom'ide'd upper and lower walls of'the sections 'a; and b of the case, the said rails 0 and c j providing guides for thesaid secti'o-ns of the casewhen placing the same on the frame; To t'h'e tubular members 6 pins 9 are fixed, are formed with lnwardly directedflangeslc. The flanges loeated at the sides of the pins g' are formed with recesses h, permitting the case sections to be pushed on the frame with the pins passing through said recesses. l

- For'en'closing" a picture within the case a, b, the framemembers are taken apart as is lis inserted into the groovedcleats 2', of theilower frame members, and the upper frame member is the lower member with the The'assembled frame members f sufliciently to permit the case secon the rails c and c h; Thereafter-the frame members are resections are :in the position: shown in Fig. 1, in .which the; picture-His perfectly: enclosed "with-thepinsgIp'assing through the recesses.

with corresponding lugs and therein. If it is'desired to display the picture the case sections a and b are pulled outwardly into position shown in Fig. 2, the pins 9 which are now out of alignment with the recesses h preventing the sections from being accidentally pulled away from the frame. If it is desired to remove the frame and the picture from the case the frame members are pressed together so far that the pins 9 are in alignment with the recesses h whereupon the case sections are removed from the frame.

I claim:

1. The herein described device for enclosing an article in a case, comprising a frame adapted to have the article mounted therein and comprising two automatically expansible frame members telescopingly engaging each other, and a case made in two sections adapted to be placed on said frame with the frame members in sliding engagement with the end walls of said case.

2. The herein described device for enclosing an article in a case, comprising a frame adapted to have the article mounted therein and comprising two frame members telescopingly engaging each other and acted upon by springs tending to push the same apart, and a case made in two sections adapted to be placed on said frame with the frame members in sliding engagement with the end walls of said case.

3. The herein described device for enclosing an article in a case comprising a frame adapted to have the article mounted therein and comprising two automatically expansible frame members telescopingly engaging each other, and a case made in two sections adapted to be placed on said frame with the frame members in sliding engagement with the end walls of said case, one, of said frame members and the case sections being formed recesses adapted for engagement with each other when shifting the case sections on the frame and for being brought out of position for engagement with each other by expansion of said frame members.

4. The herein described device for enclosing an article in a case, comprising a frame adapted to havethe article mounted therein and comprising two framemembers, one of said members comprisinga longitudinal rail and a pair of transverse tubular members rising therefrom and the other frame member comprising a longitudinal rail and a pair of transverse rods in position for telescoping engagement with said tubular'members, springs within said tubular members tending to expand said frame, and a case made in two sections adapted to be placed on said frame with said longitudinal rails in sliding engagement with the end walls of said case, said tubular members and case sections being formed w th corresponding lugs and recesses adapted for engagement with each other when shifting the case sections on the frame and for being brought out of position for engagement with each other by said springs.

fix my In testimony whereof I hereunto at FERDINAND WEIL.

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